Category Kractivism
Posted On September 21, 2023 Last week, the DMK marked the death anniversary of Sekaran, who was murdered in 1957. His death continues to reverberate in contemporary Tamil Nadu, illustrating the divisions between the backward Thevar community and Dalits in… Continue Reading →
The top states with most reservation for women are Tripura, Chattisgarh, West Bengal and Jharkhand. Over 15 states have less than 10 percent Women MLAs. Updated: Sep 19, 2023, The Women’s Reservation Bill, with a chequered three-decade history, is up for… Continue Reading →
By Peoples Union for Democratic Rights People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) welcomes the Supreme Court order granting bail on merits and release of Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, two of the accused in the infamous Bhima Koregaon case under… Continue Reading →
August 12th, 2023 marked a historic victory for striking ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists) in Bihar with the state government agreeing to increase the monthly payment by Rs. 1,500 per month and providing the payment as ‘honorarium’, instead of ‘reward’… Continue Reading →
‘Your pen is mightier than the sword!’: Manish Azad September 8, 2023 (0 Comments) 296 Views Manish Azad pens down his experience on the NIA raid and search at their home in Allahabad. Translated from Janchowk by Rajender Singh Negi, New Delhi. On the… Continue Reading →
Date: Wednesday, 6 September 2023 A group of women receives cash assistance for their animal husbandry collective from the CERF programme. Illustration based on a photo by UN Women. In Rakhine State, Myanmar, the productive fields are left unharvested. Normally… Continue Reading →
An urgent inquiry be conducted into the kidnapping and then release of Shri Prafulla Samantara – This is an attack on dissent – All arrested villagers be released It has been 10 days since Shri Prafulla Samantara, a prominent environmentalist, writer, and… Continue Reading →
Ram Puniyani Hinduism is not a prophet-based religion, neither does it have a single book, nor is the word Hindu part of holy scriptures. This gives enough leeway to different interpreters and reformers to attribute diverse meanings to what Hindu… Continue Reading →
-Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary, CPI(ML) Liberation Even as representatives assembled in Mumbai for the third meeting of the united opposition, now known by the acronym INDIA, the Modi government announced an extraordinary session of Parliament from 18 to 22 September…. Continue Reading →
Posted On August 25, 202 The founder of Sulabh International, Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, passed away in a hospital in Delhi a few days back. Pathak was 80 and was known as the ‘toilet man’ of India. He is said to… Continue Reading →